Tobacco-press.



G. C. HARRIS.

TOBACCO PRESS. APPLICATION FILED MAY 23, 1913.

1,093,181 Patented Apr.14, 1914.

mlllllllll vencor Attorneys I. COLUMIIA PLA-NOGRAPH C0.,WASHINDTN. [L C.

CHRISTOPHER C. HARRIS, OF BOWLING GREEN, KENTUCKY. TOBACCO-PRESS.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Apr, 14 1914 Application filed May 2a, 1913. seriaiivo. 769,527. x l

employed, the same not forming a part of the present invention, and being provided primarily for permitting the tob weighed, either bef upright screw 6 is I To all whom itmag concern I c it known that I, CHRISTOPHER C. HAR- nrs, a citizen of the United States, residing at owling Green, in the county of Warren and State of Kentucky, have invented a new and useful Tobacco-Press, of which the following is a specification. I

e present invention appertains to a acco press, and aims to provide a novel and improved apparatus of he object of t e hrust plate 10 is 10 that character. secured to the bottom of the beam 3 around present invention the thrust plate 10 and the crown wheel 9 aving complementary annular ball races in which a hogshead or other container. bal or antifrictional bearings 11.

e present invention is Another object of th to provide a novel and improved attachment for preventing for a hogshead or container prized tobacco from 8X- the compressed or panding or sponging back before the tobacco 2 has been set, the attachment being removable in order to permit an additional supply of the crown wheel 9, ducing friction to a minimum.

11 order to actuate or rotate the crown wheel 9, a shaft 12 is journaled through the respective standard 2 slightly below the up per end of the beam 3, and a pinion or spur gear 13 is keyed upon the inner end of the shaft 12 and intermeshes with the crown or gear wheel 9, a pendent or hanger 14 being attached to the beam 3for supporting the inner end of the shaft 12. A roller 15 is also preferably hung from the beam 3 to to be compressed or prized.

\Vith the foregoing and other ob ectS 1n view, which will be apparent as the descripand in the detalls of construction hereincontact with the upper face of the crown a ter described and claimed, it being underw eel 9 adjoining its periphery directly stood that chan es in the precise embodlabove the pinion 13 for maintainin the ment of the invention herein disclosed can crown wheel and pinion 1n mes e made within the scope of what is claimed An actuating shaft 16 has one end your without departing from t e spirit of the naled to e respective standard 2 and has invention. its other end journaled tirough an upright The invention has been illustrated in its or pedestal 17 carried by the base 1, a crank preferred embodiment in the accompanyeing secured to the last mentioned or ing drawing, wherein: Figure 1 is a side outer end of the shaft 16 for manually roelevation of the apparatus, parts being tating the same, although it is to be undershown in section. Fig. 2 is a sectional view stood that the shaft 16 may be actuated by taken on the line 2-2 0 Fig. 1 Fig. 3 any suitable prime mover. relatively is a fragmental elevation. Fig 4 1s a fra small spur gear 19 is keyed upon the shaft menta perspective of a hogshead illustrat- 16 between the pedestal 17 and the respecing the attachment applied thereto. t ve standard 2, and intermeshes with a rela- 11 carrying out the invention, reference tively large spur gear 20 keyed upon a being bad in detail to the drawing, there counter shaft 21 journaled at its ends to the is provided a suitable base 1 having the u arespective standard 2 and a second pedestal rights or standards 2 mounted thereon and 17. he counter shaft 21 has a sprocket carrying a beam 3 at their upper ends to Wheel 22 keyed thereon, a chain 23 being provide a yoke or arbor. Disposed on the trained over sprocket wheel 22 and the relabase 1 underneath the beams 3 is a scale tively large sprocket Wheel 2-4 'eyed upon tie outer end of platform 4 which 1s operatively connected being preferably mounted It is to be any suitable scale may be ll impart a relatively slow and rotation to the shaft 12 for rotating t e crown wheel 9, the rotation of the the slots 32 to lock the follower 28 against rising which might otherwise result due to the sponging or expansion'of the tobacco. The shoe or foot 8 of the screw 6 is adapted to pass through an offset provided in the intermediate portion of the cross bar 9, and may contact with the block 34: if desired, it being observed that the ratchet bars 33 diverge upwardly so as to properly engage crown wheel serving to move the screw 6 upwardly or downwardly according to the rotation of the actuating shaft,

A suitable track 25 has its terminals exof the scales, it being understood that this track may be eX- tended to any suitable point or points. suitable truck 26 is adapted to travel on the track 25 to and from the scale or platform 4, it being designed that the truck 26 shall over the outer ends of the slots 32 when the pass over the platform a, if so desired. The block 34 is forced downwardly. In this truck 26 is designed to carry a hogshead or manner, the tobacco is held under compresother container 27 to and from the scale sion until the tobacco has set, in which event,

the ratchet bars may-be released by swinging them together or against the inner ends of the slots 32, which will permit the block 3a and follower 28 to be removed with the cross bar 29. A new supply of tobacco may then be inserted into the hogshead or container for a second operation, it being understood that the screw 6 has been previously raised or retracted from the hogshead. After several operations, the hogshead may finally became filled with prized tobacco, so that the permanent head may be applied to the hogshead, permitting the hogshead to be shipped or transported.

Having what is claimed as new is In an apparatus 0 the character described, a cross bar adapted to be secured upon a container, said bar having its central portion offset for the passage of a comression member and having longitudinal slots intermediate said central portion and its ends, ratchet bars passing through said slots, and a shoe to which the lower ends of the ratchet bars are pivoted, the shoe being designed for the engagement of the said compression the ratchet bars diverging upward so as to engage over the remote ends of the said slots.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto afiixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

CHRISTOPHER C. HARRIS.

\Vitnesses: 1

H. G. Mooov, Eoonm HARDOASTLE.

of compressing the the hogshead 27, a follower jor 28 is disposed within the hogshead over the tobacco. The attachment for the hogshead embodies a cross bar or member 29 adapted to rest on the upper endof the hogshead and having the cords or flexible elements 30 attached to its ends and carrying the hooks 31 at their free ends adapted to engage over the lower end or chine of the hogshead to maintain the cross .bar 29 in position. The cross bar 29 is pro vided with the longitudinal slots 32 intermediate its central portion and ends through which the ratchet bars 33 pass, the lower ends of the ratchet bars 33 being pivoted to a block or shoe 34:.

In use, it will be manifest that the hogshead may be readily placed on the platform 4:, and after the hogshead has been filled with tobacco, the screw may be forced-downward by rotating the crank 18, it being understood that the follower or false head 28 is placed over the tobacco, so that the shoe 8 of the screw will engage the follower or false head 28 to force the same downwardly into or hat i platform. For purpose tobacco in false head the hogshead and to thereby compress prize the tobacco. It will be observed t the crown wheel 9 may be rotated readily, and with little effort, so as to effectively compress or prize the tobacco. The attachl ment as illustratedin Fig. 4c is preferably,

although not necessarily applied to the hogshead prior to the prizing of the tobacco, in order that when the follower or hogshead l 28 is depressed, the ratchet bars 33 will slide i through and snap under the remote ends of l Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Gommissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. 0.

thus described the invention, 

